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deracinated

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de·rac·i·nate   (də-rās'ə-nāt')   
tr.v.   de·rac·i·nat·ed, de·rac·i·nat·ing, de·rac·i·nates

  1. To pull out by the roots; uproot.

  2. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.


[From French déraciner, from Old French desraciner : des-, de- + racine, root (from Late Latin rādīcīna, from Latin rādīx, rādīc-; see wrād- in Indo-European roots).]
de·rac'i·na'tion n.
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